Carlene Foster's Gallery : Making Templates, Manhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/g/carlene_foster/tags/Making+Templates/Man/default.aspxTags: Making Templates, ManenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)Tonga Rhapsody BOMhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/592087.aspxFri, 29 Nov 2013 15:22:07 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:592087Carlene Foster0<p>Ever run into one of those patterns that just kind of intimidates you out of finishing it?&nbsp; This was my come uppance.&nbsp; I started this BOM in early 2011 (I found a receipt, as I forgot how long I have been avoiding this one)&nbsp; I thought I still had block 12 to complete, as well as the finishing kit.&nbsp; Pleasant surprise was, all 12 blocks were complete and in the kit...ahhhhhhhh, the kit.&nbsp; I&#39;ve shuffled that box a few times now and said &quot;another day&quot;....&nbsp; Putting the blocks together took me 2 1.2 days of all my waking hours.&nbsp; I sewed and unsewed, then sewed again.&nbsp; This quilt top was the one that made me promise I would complete every BOM as soon as the 12th block was available.&nbsp; I never wanted another getting stale like this one did.&nbsp; It was those zig zag sections in the middle of the quilt that had me dazed.&nbsp; I ended up having to cut one more, and I had 4 other perfectly good pieces that will end up going into something scrappy...&nbsp; Although effective, there has to be an easier way to accomplish that part.&nbsp; However, not this woman, not this day, maybe not this lifetime.&nbsp; But...seriously????????????&nbsp; The process was 3 2 1/2 inch strips sewn together, cut on the bias, then you add the corner pieces and square them up.&nbsp; All fine and dandy....try it sometime.&nbsp; My pieces were too long after I cut and before I put the corners on.&nbsp; Then, there were those triangular setting pieces.&nbsp; They were done in a half a log cabin block, then you had to trim.&nbsp; The directions called for a 12 1/2 inch base, without giving the heighth.&nbsp; You could not come up with 12 1.2 inches without cutting off part of the stinky little 4 patches at the pointy part.&nbsp; Seriously?&nbsp; No one could supply a template for this in a $30 pattern?&nbsp; The pain of the think session is too fresh.&nbsp; LOL&nbsp; <br />And this was why I didn&#39;t finish this one sooner........</p>My first St. Louis Star Quilthttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/505641.aspxTue, 12 Feb 2013 13:34:00 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:505641Carlene Foster4<p>This is one totally versatile design and can be done in many different sizes and arrangements.&nbsp; I have done.....4?&nbsp; I saw this first published in a quilting mag and used my own red/green/black and wow fabrics.&nbsp; As it turned out, the original quilt was done in kind of a rusty brownish red and a kind of olive green.&nbsp; I took a class from the designer a couple of years later to learn how to do the glorified 9 patch.&nbsp; It was an experience I won&#39;t soon forget. :)&nbsp; </p>